Rohilla

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The Rohilla are a Pashtun-origin community historically known for establishing the Rohilkhand region in northern India and playing a significant role in 18th-century North Indian politics.

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Rohilla canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pashtun community
ethnic group
alternativeName Rohilla Pathan
associatedDynasty Rampur Nawabs
linked to: Nawabs of Rampur
conflict Rohilla War
conflictOpponent Awadh
linked to: Oudh

British East India Company
country India
culturalInfluence Indo-Islamic culture
Persianate court culture
demographicConcentration Badaun district
Bareilly district
Pilibhit district
linked to: Pilibhit

Rampur district
ethnicMinorityIn India
Pakistan
ethnicOrigin Pashtun
linked to: Pashtuns
governedAs semi-independent state
historicalAdversary Marathas
linked to: Maratha

Nawab of Awadh
historicalAlly Nawab of Awadh
historicalCapital Bareilly
Rampur
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
historicalRegionEstablished Rohilkhand
historicalStatus military aristocracy
integratedInto British Indian princely state system
language Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh
northern India
migrationCentury 17th century
18th century
namedAfter Roh
notablePolity Rohilkhand state
linked to: Rohilkhand

Rohilla Kingdom
notablePrincelyState Rampur State
playedRoleIn 18th-century North Indian politics
politicalStatus18thCentury regional power in North India
primaryRegion Rohilkhand
regionOfMigrationFrom Afghanistan
Pashtun areas of present-day Pakistan
religion Islam
religiousBranch Sunni Islam
settledAlong Ganges plain
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
subgroupOf Pashtuns in South Asia
traditionalOccupation landholding
soldiery

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